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	What Kind of Appointment Do I Need in the Breast Center? For an Appointment Call: Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients: 443-287-BRST (443-287-2778) Breast Imaging Scheduling: 410-955-4100 A diagnostic evaluation is required including review of the patient's films previously taken before the biopsy can be arranged. View the Breast Imaging Center Homepage Traveling from out of town to us? We can help you with hotel reservations by calling 410-614-1911 or 1-800-225-2201. Patients receiving evaluation and treatment at Johns Hopkins come from all over the country, and actually the world. Especially those seeking their surgical treatment or adjuvant therapy for breast cancer with us. Patients confirmed to be newly diagnosed with breast cancer are afforded a rapid appointment with a surgical oncologist who specializes in this disease. They also have the opportunity to receive one on one support from nurses who are survivors as well as from the Johns Hopkins Survivor Volunteer team. To make an appointment for evaluation and possible surgical treatment call: 443-287-BRST (443-287-2778). To see a listing of our faculty and nursing staff click here. To provide feedback about the web site or ask a question contact: Lillie Shockney, RN., BS., MAS. University Distinguished Service Assistant Professor of Breast Cancer Administrative Director of the Breast Center Assistant Professor - Dept of Surgery Assistant Professor - Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology 601 North Caroline Street, room 4161 Baltimore, MD 21287 PH: 410-614-2853 FAX: 410-614-1947 E-Mail: shockli@jhmi.edu


	Support the Johns Hopkins Foundation Breast Center - Select "JH Breast Center" under the option: Please designate my gift. "Supporting the efforts of the Breast Center"-- we greatly appreciate the generosity of visitors to our website who have found the information and support they have received from it helpful. We invite you to make a monetary donation to support our patient education, outreach, survivorship programs and research. Donations by Mail, Submit this Form: (DOC 23KB - PDF 7KB)


	Join the Club and become one of Lillie's Breast Center Angels! Help her and the John Hopkins Breast Cancer Survivor Volunteers provide support to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Your lifetime membership dues are only $50. As a member you will receive a Breast Cancer Angels' Club pin, receive monthly news from the Club via your email, and be kept abreast of the latest discoveries achieved through clinical research to improve treatment and eradicate breast cancer in the future. Join now! Lillie is counting on you for support and looks forward to welcoming you as a new club member! Complete the application and mail it along with a check payable to: Download the Entry Form: (PDF 338KB - JPG 38KB) The Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center for $50 to the following address: Lillie Shockney, RN., BS., MAS The Johns Hopkins Breast Center 601 N Caroline Street Baltimore, MD 21287


	Navigating Breast Cancer: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ISBN 13: 9780763741280 ISBN 10: 0763741280 Price: $15.95 (Sugg. US List) S&H: $3.00 Cover: Paperback Pages: 107 Copyright: 2007 An invaluable book for breast cancer patients, Navigating Breast Cancer: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed offers authoritative, practical advice from a breast cancer survivor and medical professional. Lillie Shockney, Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, Instructor in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine, and tireless breast cancer patient advocate, provides expert guidance as you embark on your journey, helping you gain an understanding about your treatment options and planning, reducing your anxiety and helping you regain a sense of control. Navigating Breast Cancer provides key information on initial consultations, treatment options and the decision-making process, breast cancer centers, communicating the news of diagnosis to your loved ones, pre- and post-surgery quality of life, sexual intimacy, adjuvant treatment after surgery, targeted therapy, financial issues of treatment, celebrating treatment completion and survivorship, as well as the future of breast cancer, additional resources for patients and their families, and much more. Stealing Second Base: A Breast Cancer Survivor's Experience and Breast Cancer Expert's Story Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ISBN 13: 9780763745097 ISBN 10: 076374509X Price: $17.95 (Sugg. US List) S&H: $3.00 Cover: Paperback Pages: 113 Copyright: 2007 Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, is the Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, member of the surgical faculty, a breast cancer survivor, oncology nurse, and nationally renowned speaker and published author on breast cancer. Her book, Stealing Second Base: A Breast Cancer Survivor's Experience and Breast Cancer Expert's Story, is a unique, empowering, and often humorous story about the journey of a woman who has experienced breast cancer from many perspectives. Lillie Shockney shares her story about flipping to the other side of the patient's side rail when she went from medical professional, wife, and mother to becoming a breast cancer patient, patient advocate, and nationally recognized breast cancer expert, lending her emotional support and medical advice to help lead breast cancer patients and families through their own journey with this life altering disease. This must-have book combines the author's motivational and medical expertise to provide practical, important information on breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, pre- and post-surgery quality of life, sexuality associated with breast cancer treatment, the right to choose breast reconstructive surgery, breast reconstruction resources, and much more! You will laugh, and cry, and come away inspired after reading this book. Guaranteed. Her message is powerful. Experience it for yourself. The Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer Handbook for Health Care Professionals Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ted Tsangaris, MD, Chief of Breast Surgery Director, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Breast Center ISBN-13: 9780763749927 ISBN-10: 0763749923 $69.95 (Sugg. US List) Paperback 336 Pages © 2008 Will Publish: 12/10/2007 The Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer Handbook for Health Care Professionals As the number of patients diagnosed with and surviving breast cancer increases, health care professionals must focus more on the newly diagnosed and have less time to devote to patients who have completed their treatment. It is becoming essential that "breast cancer survivor doctors and nurses" be trained to fulfill this growing and needed role for patients. Cancer care specialists, primary care practitioners, gynecologists, and internal medicine physicians all need to be aware of long term side effects of cancer and treatment side-effects They need to know how to monitor for recurrence, watch for other types of related cancers, and help instill confidence in their patient, who now is a breast cancer survivor. This handbook covers all dimensions of breast cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for the non-specialist and places a special emphasis on the long term survivor. A straightforward guide to quality long-term care of the breast cancer patient, perfect for any health care professional! CarRental.com When you rent a car we will donate a dollar to the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center. Simply goto: www.carrental.com to reserve a car.


	Directions to the Johns Hopkins Breast Center East Baltimore Campus The Breast Center is located in a suite of offices in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center on the Hopkins medical campus in East Baltimore. The Outpatient Center is the newest facility on the campus, housing all of the services patients may need during one visit, including express medical testing, x-ray services, operating rooms and a pharmacy. The main lobby also offers a number of special amenities for your comfort and convenience, including gift and coffee shops and an automated teller machine. The Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 Phone: (443) 287 2778 for an appointment in the Breast Center. Phone: (410) 614-2853 for questions for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Directions: MapQuest, Yahoo Maps From Washington, D.C., and Virginia and the I-95 access at Baltimore-Washington International Airport: Take I-95 North to Exit 53 (I-395 North) into Baltimore. (Note: Do not take the Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. fork of the exit). Turn right at Pratt Street (by Baltimore Convention Center). Stay on Pratt for 1.4 miles to Broadway; turn left on Broadway. Turn left from Broadway onto Orleans Street. Go one block to N. Caroline Street and turn right. Follow the signs to patient parking. The entrance to the garage is on McElderry Street on the right. From Philadelphia, New York and Northeastern Baltimore Suburbs Take I-95 South toward Baltimore to Exit 57 (Boston Street and O'Donnell Street). Proceed on Boston Street approximately two miles and turn left onto Fleet Street. Follow Fleet Street to Broadway; turn right on Broadway. Turn left from Broadway onto Orleans Street. Go one block to N. Caroline Street and turn right. Follow the signs to patient parking. The entrance to the garage is on McElderry Street on the right. From York, Central Pennsylvania and Northern Baltimore Suburbs Take I-83 South (Harrisburg Expressway) into Baltimore (Note: I-83 becomes the Jones Falls Expressway as you approach Baltimore). Exit at Fayette Street and turn left. Follow Fayette toward the medical campus. Turn left onto Caroline Street Follow the signs to patient parking and Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (about 1 ½ block). The entrance to the garage is on McElderry Street on the right. From Annapolis and Maryland's Eastern Shore From Route 50, take I-97 toward Baltimore and follow I-97 to the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) toward Towson. Take the Beltway to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (I-295) North. Follow I-295 into Baltimore (it becomes Russell Street). Turn right on Pratt Street. Stay on Pratt from 1.4 mile to Broadway; turn left on Broadway. Turn left from Broadway onto Orleans Street. Go one block to N. Caroline Street and turn right. Follow the signs to patient parking. The entrance to the garage is on McElderry Street on the right. From Frederick and Western Maryland Take I-70 East to the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) East to I-95 North. Take I-95 North to Exit 53 (I-395 north) into Baltimore. Turn right at Pratt Street (by Baltimore Convention Center). Stay on Pratt for 1.4 miles; turn left on Broadway. Turn left from Broadway onto Orleans Street. Go one block to N. Caroline Street and turn right. Follow the signs to patient parking. The entrance to the garage is on McElderry Street on the right. Green Spring Station The Breast Center at Green Spring Station provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluation by experienced radiologists and surgeons. Should a cancer be detected, a careful plan of treatment will be coordinated by the staff of surgeons, plastic surgeons, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists. Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station is conveniently located at the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) and the Jones Falls Expressway interchange, just minutes from downtown Baltimore, Towson, Owings Mills and Hunt Valley, and only 30 minutes from Columbia, Bel Air and York, Pennsylvania. Free parking is plentiful. For those using public transportation, the MTA's M10 bus stops on the campus of Green Spring Station. 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 Phone: (410) 583-2888 From the North: Take I-83 south to I-695. Go west toward Baltimore (far right lane) to exit 23B, Falls Road. Continue north on Falls Road to Green Spring Station, which begins at the corner of Falls Road and Joppa Road. Proceed to the second traffic light, and turn right onto Station Drive. Continue to the four-way stop and Pavilions I and II are directly in front of you. From the South: Take I-83 north. Bear left, past the exits to the Beltway, until it becomes Falls Road (Rt.25). Proceed 1/2 mile to Green Spring Station, which begins at the corner of Falls Road and Joppa Road. Proceed to the second traffic light, and turn right onto Station Drive. Continue to the four-way stop and Pavilions I and II are directly in front of you.

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